Chapter 36 - Willow

Something buzzed against my chest. My eyes flew open. The sedative was wearing off and I could feel my hands and feet. I had maybe a half hour before Ethan came back in here.

Thirty minutes to try to get to safety.

Buzzzz buzzzz buzzzz

I startled again. What the hell was that? This was new. He'd never attached electrodes to me. Not that delivered stimuli. Only ones that read biological information.

I looked down. My shirt trembled as another round of buzzing vibrated against my boobs.

Correction. My left boob. A foggy memory of me sliding my phone into my bra when I went to answer the door at the shop slid through my mind.

Lifting my hand that felt like it weighed at least a hundred pounds, I fished the device from my clothing. Ethan was either getting sloppy, devolving, or had been too excited to get his psycho hands on me to frisk me for a phone.

I stabbed at the screen as the name TALI flashed with strobing lights. The phone went quiet as I finally hit the glowin